Improvement in neckties



Unuren STATES PATENT; @rrr-erf;

'rHoMAss w'ILns, oufruor, NEW YORK IMPROVEMENT IN NECKTIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,962, dated March 21, 1.565.

To all irhom lt muy concern.:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. NVILES, of the city of Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Neckties and Collars for Gentlemens Vear, constructed and combined in the manner hereinafterdescribed and set forth; audI do" hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the nature, construction, and operation of l[he same, referencebeing hereby had to the accompmiying drawings, which make a part of this specification.

r Like letters represent and refer to like or corresponding parts.

Figure l is a plan of the collar and necktie,

open in such-manner as to show that each may be ironed after having been washed and then put into shape for use. Fig. 2 shows the said collar with necktie combined therewith with .the lower partei said tie turned upward in theV process of preparing the same for use or wear. Fig. 3 shows the said collar and tie combined with the upper and lower parts or flaps of the said tie turned inward and together and ironed ready for use or wear. Fig. 4 shows said collar and necktie combined with the collar brought together for use or wear upon the neck of the personl when used andready to put said necktie into' proper form or and in amostcpnvenient, easy, and durable manner, without'undue wear of the same, in the manner substantially as hereinafter described and set forth.

Having thus described the-nature of my said invention and improvements I will here proceed to describe .the construction and operation of the same so as to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, which is as follows, to wit:

I use any suitable material for the said collarl and necktie. The said collar is made in the usual shape and manner, and is shown at A in each of the figures. of the accompanying drawings. The said neclctie is shown at B in each ofl the figures of said drawings. The loop or securing-band (hereinafter more full described) is lseen at U of each of the said figures on said drawings. D, Fig. ,1, is the buttonhole by whichthe said collar ard tie are secured to the shirt-button E, Fig. 4. F, Figs. l, 2, and 3, is a button-hole in the opposite end of said collar, and is for the purpose ot' securing that end of said collar to said shirt-button, which is done before the said collar is brought together, and'that end containing the said neektie is securedto the said button E in the manner as shown at Fig..4.

' The said necktie B, I make of any-material and form or shape deemed best, andsecre the same to the lower corner of the saiflfcollar. in 'any goodand substantial manner, and by' any mechanical means desirable-to -usefon that purpose, which will then appear as-'seeu at Figs. 3 and 5.. The button-hole .1), Fig. 1, is made through both collar and necktie. This necktie is made in width sufficient to allow of upper and lowerflaps to be turned inward, in the manner as shown at Figs. 2 and 3, by

which the said tie is formed ready for placing the ends thereof into the said loop G, as seen at Fi g. 5, and in this form or condition the same are ready for use or wear upon the neck, as aforesaid. The said necktie Ahas the said loop C fastened to the upper edge thereof and at or near the center of the same, so .that when the upper edge of the said necktie is turned inward` and down upon and over the lower Vedge of the same tie previously turned upward and inward, the said loop will appear yupon the outer side or front, as seen at Figs. 3 and 5, and in condition to lreceive the re spective ends of the said tie, in the manner shown at said Fig. 5. The said loop C may then and thus be securely fastened in any good and substantial manner andhy anymochanical means deemed best, and it may be of any sizeor width desired in proportion to the'said collar and necktie, and may be oil any material which will answer the required purpose. One end of the said loop is fastened, as aforesaid, to the immediate upper 'edge of the lsaid collar, while the other end thereof is firmly fastened to said necktic ator nea-r the Said. buttorvhole E, and thus and thereby the loop is in itself completed and readyfo'r use. Then, tocempiete the lineal place the respective ends Gglig. 3, into. the said loop' G, as seen at Fig. 8. l

It is manifest that this combination of collar7 neclatie, and loop may readily be cleansed elaim, and desire te secure by Letters Patent-7 1. The neektie B, with the loop U attachee to the collar A, the said. tie being susceptible ef expansion forI laundering, all arranged and combined in ythe manner substantially as and for lthe purposes herein described and set forth.

2. The employment of the loopC, arranged and combined 'with the neektie B at the upper edge thereof, ia the manner substantially as and. forthe purposes herein described m' set orth.

ln testimony whereof I have, this 6th day ol' March, hereunto set my hand.

THOS. S. WILES. YWin/lessee: J. EPHrLLIPs, Gee. C.. Brianzarentr- 

